From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The first page of the document explains the statute and grounds that are the basis of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge. It describes each step of the...

Booklet from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Booklet published by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in an effort to inform the public about a piece of legislation intended to inflict genocide upon African...

From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; An extensive list of incidents of violence and discrimination in Mississippi in October 1964. The last page of the document lists the officers of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party...

From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Summary of acts of violence and intimidation against African Americans and civil rights workers that occurred in Mississippi in October 1964. Includes the date, location, and brief...

A three-page typed letter written by Joseph Ellin to "the Editor of the [Kalamazoo] Gazette," July 10, 1964. The document describes the local violence associated with the movement, the conditions in Hattiesburg, and opinions on desegregation. Also...

From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; News release of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), dated October 30, 1964. Addresses the need for heightened investigation of illegal political practices against the MFDP...

Oral history.; Interview conducted April 24, 2010 with Adell Lott in Biloxi, Mississippi. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Adell Lott discusses his memories of growing up in segregated Biloxi and participating in the wade-in in 1959. He also mentions...

A collection of interviews with African Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...

A collection of interviews with African Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...

Oral history.; Interview conducted April 24, 2010 with Bobby C. Hope in Biloxi, Mississippi. On the 50th anniversary of the Biloxi Beach Wade-In, Hope discusses his memories of growing up in Biloxi and participating in the Wade-Ins. He also...

A collection of interviews with African Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...

Oral history.; Interview conducted December 14, 1995 in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, at Cobb's home. She discusses growing up during the civil rights movement, memories of Freedom Summer, and the battle over school integration. She also discusses...

Oral history.; Interview conducted May 16, 2009 in Jackson, Mississippi. McGee was born December 7, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio. McGee served during World War II in the US Army Air Corps. He discusses his training at Tuskegee, Alabama, where he...

Oral history.; Interview conducted on April 24, 2010 with Clemon P. Jimerson, Sr. in Biloxi, Mississippi. Jimerson describes growing up in Biloxi, how he came to be involved with the Biloxi Beach Wade-Ins, his personal relationship with Dr....

A collection of interviews with African Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...

A collection of interviews with African Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...

A collection of interviews with African Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...

Oral history.; Mr. Eric Eugene Dickey was born May 7, 1966, in Biloxi, Mississippi, where his grandparents and Head Start exerted positive influences in his early life. In elementary school band, Mr. Dickey began playing trumpet, and later expanded...